Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC6515 : Mobile Communication { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Poonam Singh
Syllabus
Module 1: Introduction to Wireless Communication Systems [4 hrs.]
Evolution, Mobile Systems around the World, Example of the mobile radio systems, Recent trends, 2G, 3G , 4G and 5G Cellular networks.
Module 2: The Cellular Concept [5 hrs.]
Frequency reuse, Channel assignment, Hand off process, Types of Interference, Cellular capacity
Module 3: Mobile Radio Propagation [5 hrs.]
Path loss, Radio wave propagation, Reflection, Diffraction, Scattering, Link budget Design, Outdoor and indoor propagation models
Module 4: Principle of multi path propagation [5 hrs.]
Impulse response model of channels, parameters for mobile multi path channels, concept of fading, Rayleigh and Ricean fading, Simulation of fading channels.
Module 5: Modulations techniques for mobile communication [5 hrs.]
Pulse shaping, Linear and non-linear Modulation techniques, constant envelop modulation, QPSK, MSK, GMSK. Spread spectrum modulation techniques - Direct sequence and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum and their applications.
Module 6: Equalization, Diversity and Channel coding [6 hrs.]
Fundamentals of equalization, General adaptive equalizer, Linear and non-linear equalizers, diversity techniques, RAKE receivers, Basic concept of coding.
Module 7 Multiple access techniques [5 hrs.]
Introduction, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA, capacity of cellular systems
Module 8: Introduction to Multicarrier systems [5 hrs.]
OFDM and wireless LAN, WiMAX, GSM, WCDMA, 3GPP LTE and other 4G standards.
Course Objectives
- To learn about the evolution of wireless communication system
- To develop skill of the link budget design of cellular system.
- To analyze the effects of small scale fading and large scale path loss.
- To understand the modulation and multiple access techniques used for cellular systems.
Course Outcomes
CO1: Understanding the basics of wireless communication and knowledge of evolution of Mobile Radio systems-1G to 5G <br />CO2: Understanding the concept of cellular mobile communication system. <br />CO3: Application of large scale path loss and small scale channel fading models in design of mobile communication systems. <br />CO4: Analysis of different modulation and multiple access schemes for mobile communications. <br />CO5: Application of equalization, diversity and coding techniques.
Essential Reading
- T.S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications – Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall of India/ Pearson Education India, 2002.
- Andrea Goldsmith, Wireless Communication,, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Supplementary Reading
- W C Y Lee, Mobile Communication Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, India, 2008
- G. Stuber, Principles of Mobile Communication, Springer, 2001
Journal and Conferences
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Communications